2025 Connecticut House of Representatives District 40 special election

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2025 Connecticut House of Representatives District 40 special election
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Connecticut House of Representatives
District 40
Turnout16.27% (unofficial) [1]
 
Candidate Dan Gaiewski Robert Boris
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Working Families
Popular vote1,583716
Percentage68.86%31.14%
2025 Connecticut House of Representatives District 40 special election by town.svg
Results by town
Representative before election

Vacant
Christine Conley until January 7, 2025
Democratic

Contents

Elected Representative

Dan Gaiewski
Democratic

A special election was held in the U.S. state of Connecticut to elect a new member for District 40 in the Connecticut House of Representatives, representing parts of the towns of Groton and Ledyard in New London County. The election filled a vacancy caused by the resignation of Democratic representative Christine Conley on January 7, 2025. [2] Dan Gaiewski, a Democratic member of the Groton Town Council, was elected representative in the special election. [3] The election took place concurrently with a special election in Senate District 21.

Background

In 2024, incumbent Democratic representative Christine Conley won the general election in District 40 with 66.2 percent of the vote. She represented the district since 2016, and resigned from the office on January 7, 2025, to be appointed to the state Workers' Compensation Commission. [4]

Candidates

Party nominees for special elections are chosen through party conventions. Political parties were required to submit names for the ballot by February 15, 2025. [5]

Results

2025 Connecticut House of Representatives District 40 special election (unofficial, 5 of 5 precincts reporting)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Dan Gaiewski1,51866.03%Increase2.svg 5.34%
Working Families Dan Gaiewski652.83%Decrease2.svg 0.20%
TotalDan Gaiewski 1,583 68.86% Increase2.svg 2.69%
Republican Robert Boris71631.14%Decrease2.svg 2.69%
Total votes2,299 100.00%

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Election Center". Connecticut Secretary of the State. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Secretary of the State's Office Receives the Resignation of State Representative Christine Conley". Office of the Secretary of State. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  3. ↑ Pazniokas, Mark (February 25, 2025). "Special elections: Jason Perillo wins in Senate, Dan Gaiewski in House". CT Mirror. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Sundqvist, Viktoria (January 21, 2025). "Dan Gaiewski, Robert Boris Face Off In 40th District Special Election". CT News Junkie. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Connecticut state legislative special elections, 2025". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  6. ↑ "34th Town Council" (PDF). Groton Town Council. Retrieved February 22, 2025.

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